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Finnish vs Lao


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Lao vs Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland   
Laos   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   
Laos, Northeastern Thailand   

Second Language
Estonia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
  • The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
28   
20

How Many Consonants
13   
3
27   
17

Scripts
Latin   
Thai and Lao Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Moi   
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)   

Thank You
Kiitos   
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)   

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?   
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)   

Good Night
hyvää yötä   
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)   

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)   

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)   

Please
haluta   
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)   

Sorry
Anteeksi   
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)   

Bye
Heippa   
Sôhk dii der   

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua   
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   

Excuse Me
Anteeksi   
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish   
Vientiane Lao   

Where They Speak
Finland   
Laos   

Dialect 2
Rauma   
Northern Lao   

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma   
Laos   

Dialect 3
Meänkieli   
Central Lao   

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden   
Laos   

How Many People Speak
60,000.00   
31
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.40 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million   
39
Not Available   

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli   
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)   

Alternative Names
Suomi   
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao   

French Name
finnois   
lao   

German Name
Finnisch   
Laotisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]   
pʰáːsǎː láːw   

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1543   
1283 CE   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Tai-Kadai Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Tai   

Branch
Finnic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language   
No Early forms   

Standard Forms
standard Finnish   
Lao   

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fi   
lo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin   
lao   

ISO 639 2/B
fin   
lao   

ISO 639 3
fin   
lao   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
finn1318   
laoo1244   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Isolating   

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Finnish and Lao Language History

Comparison of Finnish vs Lao language history gives us differences between origin of Finnish and Lao language. History of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543 whereas history of Lao language states that this language originated in 1283 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Finnish and Lao Language History.

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Finnish and Lao Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Finnish and Lao greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Finnish and Lao language. Finnish word for "Hello" is Moi or Lao word for "Thank You" is ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i). Find more of such common Finnish Greetings and Lao Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Finnish vs Lao Difficulty

The Finnish vs Lao difficulty level basically depends on the number of Finnish Alphabets and Lao Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Finnish and Lao are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Finnish and Lao, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Finnish is 44 weeks while to learn Lao time required is 44 weeks.

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